albayalde

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic البياض (al-bayáḍ), from Classical Arabic بَيَاض (bayāḍ, “whiteness, white lead”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /albaˈʝalde/ [al.β̞aˈʝal̪.d̪e]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /albaˈʝalde/ [al.β̞aˈʝal̪.d̪e]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /albaˈʃalde/ [al.β̞aˈʃal̪.d̪e]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /albaˈʒalde/ [al.β̞aˈʒal̪.d̪e]

• Rhymes: -alde
• Syllabification: al‧ba‧yal‧de

Noun

albayalde m (plural albayaldes)

1. white lead

Further reading

• “albayalde”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014